Harrisburg Academy finishes first in math contest at HACC

Harrisburg Academy’s three-person team finished first in the annual mathematics contest at Harrisburg Area Community College.

Harrisburg Academy placed first in HACC's 2013 High School Math Contest. The team poses with mathematics professors Mary Brown, left, and Dan Fahringer, right, after the awards presentation. Submitted photo

Local high school teams in the recent competition were linked through interactive video at HACC’s Gettysburg, Harrisburg and Lancaster campuses.

Lower Dauphin High School placed second and Mechanicsburg Area High School placed third in the team competitions. Individual awards were given to the top 10 students with the highest scores.

In first place was senior Ted Meador of Lower Dauphin Area High School, a position he maintained from last year. Luke Bent, a senior at Harrisburg Academy, tied for second place with Saarang Deshpande, a senior from Manheim Township. Coming in fourth was senior Corey Smithmyer of Mechanicsburg Area High School, who placed second in last year’s competition.

The remaining top 10 finishers and their high schools were: Teressa Chambers, a junior from Cumberland Valley High School; Michael (Renqing) Wang, a junior from Harrisburg Academy; Patrick Yang, a junior from Camp Hill; Amar Paul, a senior from Elizabethtown High School; and Sean Collins, a junior from Carlisle.

The students completed a series of mathematical problems coordinated by HACC’s math faculty. They had to calculate answers working as a team, individually and in relays. This is the 23rd year for the contest.

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